Civilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom - Softcover

William H. Chafe

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9780195029192: Civilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom

Synopsis

Reveals how whites in Greensboro used the traditional Southern concept of civility as a means of keeping Black protest in check and how Black activists continually devised new ways of asserting their quest for freedom.

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About the Author

William H. Chafe is at Duke University.

From the Back Cover

The 'sit-ins' at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro launched the passive resistance phase of the civil rights revolution. This book tells the story of what happened in Greensboro; it also tells the story in microcosm of America's effort to come to grips with our most abiding national dilemma--racism.

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9780195026252: Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom

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ISBN 10:  019502625X ISBN 13:  9780195026252
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1980
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